NCAA Championships Return to Philadelphia in 2015-16

The 2015 and 2016 men's and women's NCAA championships will be
held in Philadelphia, the NCAA announced Wednesday. The men's final
four returns to Lincoln Financial Field, host of the 2013 final
four, while the women's tournament will take place at PPL Park in
nearby Chester, Pa.

“We are proud to be hosting the 2015 and 2016 NCAA
Men’s Lacrosse Championships at Lincoln Financial
Field,” Eagles President Don Smolenski said in a press
release. “We’ve had the pleasure of hosting this event
three times in the past, including last year’s thrilling
finish between Duke, Syracuse, Cornell and Denver. We’re
looking forward to working with our partners Drexel and the
Philadelphia Sports Congress and we are thankful to the NCAA for
the opportunity to once again showcase our great city to lacrosse
fans from around the country.”

The 2015 men's quarterfinals will take place at Navy-Marine
Corps Memorial Stadium in Annapolis, Md., and Sports Authority
Field at Mile High in Denver, Colo.

"It's the continued momentum of what's been going on here for
while," Mac Freeman, senior vice president of business development
for the Denver Broncos and president of MLL's Denver Outlaws, said
Thursday. "It's been great to watch and be a part of what's
happened out here in the west with lacrosse, and particularly in
Denver. The passion and the spirit of the lacrosse community out
here is phenomenal. It's been building for the last decade,
really."